The Kumbh Mela festival, the largest religious gathering in the world, has begun in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj.

Days before India started its mammoth Kumbh Mela festival, a video showing preparations for a nighttime light show surfaced in social media posts that falsely linked it to the six-week Hindu event. The video was in fact originally published by a US-based drone show company and shows a Christmas celebration.

An unrelated video is being shared on the internet to falsely claim that it shows former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates attending the ongoing 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela.

The Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela, associated with ancient traditions, has taken a step towards digitalization this year with the use of immersive technology or drone shows that tell the main legends of Hinduism,

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